Looking Back on Camp County for Feb. 28

10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 19 was proclaimed Pittsburg Day at the Capitol. Making the trip to Austin were Judy Jackson, Dennis and Maggie Boerner, Dr. Charles Florio, Stan and Lyndi Wiley, Preston Combest, Kelly Gunn, Sandi Luttrell, Jerry and Janice Webster, Carolyn Franks, LaVerne Davis, Michele Ragsdale, Sandy Moody, Jim Nickerson, Danny Carey, Jim and Jan Jordan, Betty Holcomb, Ned Muse, Martin Pessink, Marci Parker, Carolyn Fuller, Phil Greenawalt, Lou Vance, Buddy Jones and Amanda Webster.
Enrollment at Northeast Texas Community College reaches an all-time high at 2,423.
20 YEARS AGO
Bill McMinn is named Agriculture Producer of the Year at the Camp County Agricultural Appreciation Banquet. Bette Holcomb wins Homemaker of the Year, and Lorene Friday is the Good Samaritan of the Year.
Pittsburg native, the Rev. Louie Belvet George, becomes the first black regent at Baylor University.
Neal Kemph and Brian Karnes qualify for Area Band.
30 YEARS AGO
Camp County agriculture leaders honored at banquet. Receiving awards were the Clay Harris family for forage, Leonard McGahee for horticulture, the Jack Edwards family for poultry, and Dr. L.D. Lawler and Arnie Lawler for forestry.
Lake Bob Sandlin reaches capacity for the first time.
Fifty Pirate Band members win chairs in All-District Band.
40 YEARS AGO
Ogilvie Chapter celebrates centennial.
Pittsburg High School speech department hosts one-act play festival.
Twenty-two teams participate in intramural basketball tournament.
50 YEARS AGO
Coca-Cola tests new drink for weight watchers (Tab).
Construction to begin on Interstate 30 in Titus County.
60 YEARS AGO
City to support park improvement plan.
Rabid dog bites several people in Mount Pleasant.
70 YEARS AGO
The Vitamin Company canning plant was sold to Wilson Laboratories.
City street were badly in need of repair.
Dr. W.B. Thaynam moves to Athens.
The Red Cross quota for Camp County was $3,050.
100 YEARS AGO
Pittsburg Produce Company is paying the highest cash price for eggs, butter and poultry.
H.A. Jackson presents The Gazette with another hen egg. This one measures 8x9 inches.
105 YEARS AGO
Deposits in local banks were $176,000.
The Patterson-Miller planning mill was again in operation.